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that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they are joining with the latest on the developing story. steve. uma right now we are looking at what could be a show down between morsi and the country's judges here in cairo and others in the country. they say they will sphop work until the new president repeals his thursday decree that gave him the power to issue laws without oversight ask chance of them being over turned by the courts. the judges say he's trying to put himself above the law. it will be interesting to see whether all legal prosecutions come to a halt. numbers are fall down today. and numbers large yesterday about 40,000 at their pee
that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they are joining with the latest on the developing...
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reza sayah in cairo for us this morning. thank you. >>> and we've got much more ahead on cnn this hour. >> here's what's coming up. >>> so far so good. that cease fire between israel and hamas is holding for now. but there are real fears even the slightest flare-up could kick off chaos. >>> plus, hurricane sandy's long gone, but did the storm leave behind more than just a mess? >> it's sort of like nevin. at this point, who knows? >> coughing, bronchitis, asthma, some of the new health worries in sandy's wake. >>> and before you shop online this weekend, listen up. the scammers are ready and waiting for your money. we'll tell you how to avoid their traps. these smartphones come with a bonus $100 walmart gift card? that's right. so it's like i won. sure. oh my gosh i won!!! i won!!! [ male announcer ] get a $100 walmart gift card when you buy any android or windows 8 smartphone. through december 1st. from america's gift headquarters. walmart. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are use
reza sayah in cairo for us this morning. thank you. >>> and we've got much more ahead on cnn this hour. >> here's what's coming up. >>> so far so good. that cease fire between israel and hamas is holding for now. but there are real fears even the slightest flare-up could kick off chaos. >>> plus, hurricane sandy's long gone, but did the storm leave behind more than just a mess? >> it's sort of like nevin. at this point, who knows? >> coughing,...
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forces again fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters rallying against the president in the capital cairo the decree spot to mass protests across egypt on friday and once said to be the worst of violence or since a slum occluded took off its cairo based journalist bel truth has to details. what i really think is quite harsh tactics used by the police to stop protests in paris where you see a lot to tear gas from protesters throwing rocks down on protesters from a couple of buildings we've also seen molotov being thrown back and forth at the same time we've had demonstrations at the presidential palace in support of the president and also across the country we've seen present a. and the president protesters clashing in from turkey brother headquarters so there's been quite a lot happening is actually in a strange way united the opposition forces who've been quite divided recently there was mass uproar when the president announced his constitutional declaration which essentially awarded him powers over the judiciary it also said that his decree and his declarations would be an appealable an
forces again fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters rallying against the president in the capital cairo the decree spot to mass protests across egypt on friday and once said to be the worst of violence or since a slum occluded took off its cairo based journalist bel truth has to details. what i really think is quite harsh tactics used by the police to stop protests in paris where you see a lot to tear gas from protesters throwing rocks down on protesters from a couple of buildings we've...
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have called for a nationwide strike in protest against the president's new powers the latest now from cairo based journalist. what we've seen today is a continuation of the clashes that have been going on for five days now of protesters against the president in particular the president's constitutional declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives him sweeping powers in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces in the form of marches to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held by the judges of the country against this constitutional exploration because it really throws remember a lot of powers of course when this march actually arrived at the supreme court they were actually attacked by an unknown groups of people identified as pro mr brotherhood and pro president supporters really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo today all supporters of morsy on the streets along with of course an opposition but just give us an idea how strong the opposition movement is the opposition movement is actu
have called for a nationwide strike in protest against the president's new powers the latest now from cairo based journalist. what we've seen today is a continuation of the clashes that have been going on for five days now of protesters against the president in particular the president's constitutional declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives him sweeping powers in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces in the form of marches to the supreme court of...
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nbc's jim maceda is high above tahrir square in cairo this evening. good evening >> reporter: hi, brian, well just as the world thought that egypt was coming out of the revolutionary pain, the demonstrators are out there digging in. once again, the square filled with protesters, tear gas and casualties. their target? a dictator. but this happened today. and they were not talking of hosni mubarak, but morsy, fresh from brokering a cease-fire in gaza. and winning world praise he set a precedent by granting himself new power, firing one man in the regime, and giving islamists free reign to write the constitution the opposition leaders took to the street, saying that he had appointed himself the new leader. the clashes spread across the country, injuring more than a 100. in alexandria, the muslim brotherhood headquarters there raided and burned by protesters >> they're not going to lose their voice if they think somehow they have a new hosni mubarak. >> reporter: but morsy told supporters he took the bold move to save egypt's democracy, that it was only t
nbc's jim maceda is high above tahrir square in cairo this evening. good evening >> reporter: hi, brian, well just as the world thought that egypt was coming out of the revolutionary pain, the demonstrators are out there digging in. once again, the square filled with protesters, tear gas and casualties. their target? a dictator. but this happened today. and they were not talking of hosni mubarak, but morsy, fresh from brokering a cease-fire in gaza. and winning world praise he set a...
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steve harrigan is streaming live for us from cairo, egypt. steve? >> heather, there's a showdown between egypt' new president, morsi and the chief judges throughout the country say they will not go back to work as long as the president's orders stand, basically putting anything he says, any decree he makes, above the law and not subject to the court and we could have a country where prosecution basically shuts down. as far as the protesters in cairo, they've set up tents on tahrir down from yesterday, 40,000, yesterday afternoon and it turned violent and other cities, xaalexandria and police cars set on fire and other fires set as well. the next move in the battle will shape up to be tuesday when supporters of the president plan a march and also protesters, people who feel this president is trying to set himself up as a dictator will march as well. it will be a test of which side can draw the crowds and people and which side as a momentum in a battle so far, neither side is backing down heather. >> now, some background on president morsi's rise to p
steve harrigan is streaming live for us from cairo, egypt. steve? >> heather, there's a showdown between egypt' new president, morsi and the chief judges throughout the country say they will not go back to work as long as the president's orders stand, basically putting anything he says, any decree he makes, above the law and not subject to the court and we could have a country where prosecution basically shuts down. as far as the protesters in cairo, they've set up tents on tahrir down...
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americans and the obama administration very upset at morsi for not doing more to protect the embassy in cairo during some of those protests there. this week, you saw this sort of new partnership developing and they were on the phone repeatedly. 11:30 at night. 2:30 in the morning from air force one. morsi was a key as far as he could see to solving this problem. he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom penh to say we're on our way and directly involve ourselves in this. she has not played this shuttle diplomacy role in the middle east quite the way that some of her predecessors had, right? obviously kissinger and jim baker and condi rice to various s
americans and the obama administration very upset at morsi for not doing more to protect the embassy in cairo during some of those protests there. this week, you saw this sort of new partnership developing and they were on the phone repeatedly. 11:30 at night. 2:30 in the morning from air force one. morsi was a key as far as he could see to solving this problem. he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can...
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supporters so really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo today all supporters of morsy on the streets alone with of course an opposition but just give somebody else strong opposition movement is the opposition movement is actually getting stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on doherty and there is actually tents going up because it called a sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which is the against this constitutional declaration made by the president as i mentioned on thursday which really does grow on the president's sweeping powers that a quarter of people have really dumped him now a pharaoh and called his document a coup so really they're building a uniting for the first time against the president and against this document and creating process the marches into here and across the country for the next week the president is supposed to seem to have counteracted all of the oppositional forces movements in the sense that today as i mentioned there was this march to the supreme cou
supporters so really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo today all supporters of morsy on the streets alone with of course an opposition but just give somebody else strong opposition movement is the opposition movement is actually getting stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on doherty and there is actually tents going up because it called a sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which...
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that live update from true in cairo thank you. the people of spain's most prosperous and most taxed region will choose a new parliament on sunday their choice could ultimately decide whether catalonia will remain a part of spain or go to loan after being stricken by the financial demands of central government former the story. there's a wind of separatism blowing through europe at the moment and it's reached the northeastern shores of spain catalonia is the latest region to officially aspirate independence it's something people here have long felt in their hearts but now they're feeling it in their pockets too. i think is a good idea to be in the band them from. a country. which is. really really bad situation it's a bargain for. it's a bargain for the cool culture. flags can be seen hanging from balconies throughout barcelona reflecting a growing desire for home rule under a drive to break away from the central government in madrid this weekend's local election is being fought on that issue alone catalan president from mass has m
that live update from true in cairo thank you. the people of spain's most prosperous and most taxed region will choose a new parliament on sunday their choice could ultimately decide whether catalonia will remain a part of spain or go to loan after being stricken by the financial demands of central government former the story. there's a wind of separatism blowing through europe at the moment and it's reached the northeastern shores of spain catalonia is the latest region to officially aspirate...
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>> reza sayah reporting for us there in cairo. thanks so much for that. >>> now to israel, where even though there's peace, millions of families there and in gaza are still dealing with the aftermath of the fighting. cnn's senior international correspondent sara sidner joins us from jerusalem. sara? >> reporter: joe, mothers, fathers and children all dealing with the aftermath, whether they have lost homes, been dealing with the trauma of having rockets coming into their homes. but there is a place where they're being healed, a place that's really a zone of peace 4-year-old joseph is listening to an age-old bedtime story but he's not at home safe in his bed. he's in a hospital, a victim of an age-old conflict that has shattered his family life. he and his parents were staying inside this apartment building in southern israel when a rocket from gaza slammed into it. the blast sheered off several of joseph's tiny fingers, badly injured his father and took his mother's life. she was among the first to die on the israel side of the bo
>> reza sayah reporting for us there in cairo. thanks so much for that. >>> now to israel, where even though there's peace, millions of families there and in gaza are still dealing with the aftermath of the fighting. cnn's senior international correspondent sara sidner joins us from jerusalem. sara? >> reporter: joe, mothers, fathers and children all dealing with the aftermath, whether they have lost homes, been dealing with the trauma of having rockets coming into their...
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started a sit in protests in the higher square pledging to fight what it calls morse's pollen grab and cairo based journalist truth has the details are. what i really think is quite harsh tactics used by the police to stop protests in tahrir square you see a lot of tear gas on protesters throwing rocks down on protesters from the top of buildings and we've also seen molotov being thrown back and forth at the same time we've had demonstrations at the presidential palace in support of the president and also across the country we've seen the president and anti president protesters clashing in from to move in brother headquarters so there's been quite a lot happening is actually in a strange way united the opposition forces you've been quite divided recently. there was mass uproar when the president announced his constitutional declaration which essentially awarded him powers over the judiciary it also said that his decree and his that gratian is would be an appealable and this is something that's led commentators to call him the new pharaoh and to call the document in essence a coup so what we'
started a sit in protests in the higher square pledging to fight what it calls morse's pollen grab and cairo based journalist truth has the details are. what i really think is quite harsh tactics used by the police to stop protests in tahrir square you see a lot of tear gas on protesters throwing rocks down on protesters from the top of buildings and we've also seen molotov being thrown back and forth at the same time we've had demonstrations at the presidential palace in support of the...
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. >> police fire department tear gas on thousands of protesters that hurled rocks at protesters in cairo. at least 100 people are in violent demonstrations in several cities. thousands of activists poured into the square. the same place where the arab spring uprising last year toppled morsy's predecessor. but this time they want morsy to go. more than half the voters elected him president months ago. the president is setting himself up as a god. he decreed that any decision or laws he makes cannot be appealed stopped or over turned until a new constitution in parliament are approved next spring. he told arally that his ruling will rule out weasels that are blocking democratic reform. it doesn't worry me i have opponents i have reserved rights for my brothers in the opposition so they can hold a revolution if they must. a far cry from a few days ago when the obama administration praised the egyptian president for helping a cease fire between israel and hamas. what happens in egypt will have consequences beyond its borders. it continues to mediate israel's cease fire in hamas. what will ha
. >> police fire department tear gas on thousands of protesters that hurled rocks at protesters in cairo. at least 100 people are in violent demonstrations in several cities. thousands of activists poured into the square. the same place where the arab spring uprising last year toppled morsy's predecessor. but this time they want morsy to go. more than half the voters elected him president months ago. the president is setting himself up as a god. he decreed that any decision or laws he...
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now in cairo. and the protests are still going on. we're still seeing clashes in and around tahrir square between the protesters and the police. we're seeing a range of things thrown back and forth. rocks, we've seen molotov cocktails, we've seen tear gas. there are reports of police shooting into the air to scare off protesters. this is a very intense scene we've seen. we haven't seen anything like this really since a year ago when we saw clashes, when we saw dozens of people killed. this has really been the most intense set of clashes since then and all these protesters are angry about that power grab you were describing where president morsi really has no one overseeing him. the judiciary, he has pushed that aside. he now has really full power and tomorrow, we're going to be watching closely, also, the judiciaries said they might strike basically grinding the whole country's court system to a halt in retaliation for this power grab and also need to point out there are have been supporters of president morsi out in the streets today
now in cairo. and the protests are still going on. we're still seeing clashes in and around tahrir square between the protesters and the police. we're seeing a range of things thrown back and forth. rocks, we've seen molotov cocktails, we've seen tear gas. there are reports of police shooting into the air to scare off protesters. this is a very intense scene we've seen. we haven't seen anything like this really since a year ago when we saw clashes, when we saw dozens of people killed. this has...
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cnn's reza sayah is in cairo this morning. >> reporter: thanks have calmed down considerably in cairo's tahrir square. still demonstrators out in tahrir, especially those who pitched tents overnight but the numbers not as what we saw on friday, friday one of the most intense and violent days of demonstrations that we've seen since mr. morsi, the egyptian president took office back in june. more than 140 people injured throughout egypt, according to the health ministry, in clashes between protesters and police. a little under 40 people injured in kay row. several with gunshot wounds. also, more than 200 people arrested and many on charges of thuggery and destroying public property. those arrested seem to be younger men who are out looking for trouble, but certainly thousands showed up to express what they call as legitimate and serious concern about mr. morsi's decrees that at least for the time being give him sweeping powers without any oversight for the next several months. he says these moves are an effort to move forward the democratic process and to draft a constitution. his opponen
cnn's reza sayah is in cairo this morning. >> reporter: thanks have calmed down considerably in cairo's tahrir square. still demonstrators out in tahrir, especially those who pitched tents overnight but the numbers not as what we saw on friday, friday one of the most intense and violent days of demonstrations that we've seen since mr. morsi, the egyptian president took office back in june. more than 140 people injured throughout egypt, according to the health ministry, in clashes between...
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now, from cairo. >> reporter: demonstrations continue against the egyptian president, mohamed morsy, not the big numbers we saw on friday. but certainly, still a lot of people out here, about 30 tents here, this is an indication that many of these protesters want to be here for a while. it is not clear how long they will stay here. but when you talk to them they seem determined to speak out against mr. morsy's controversial decrees. he is saying that nobody can revise what i say. he is actually throwing the whole system out, totally. >> reporter: meanwhile, big developments in meeting rooms and news conferences, where factions opposed mr. morsy's moves to put pressure on the system. it seemed to weaken the judiciary, by calling for a nationwide judge's strike. also the supreme judicial committee, discussed the attack on the judiciary. they called for a one-million protest and sit-in for tuesday. what does mr. morsy's group do? they call for a one-million man protest, as well on tuesday. some critical days ahead. cairo. >>> elsewhere in the region, the signs the truce between israel a
now, from cairo. >> reporter: demonstrations continue against the egyptian president, mohamed morsy, not the big numbers we saw on friday. but certainly, still a lot of people out here, about 30 tents here, this is an indication that many of these protesters want to be here for a while. it is not clear how long they will stay here. but when you talk to them they seem determined to speak out against mr. morsy's controversial decrees. he is saying that nobody can revise what i say. he is...
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were tired or weary of protesting after two years of demonstrations, all you had to do was look at cairo's tahrir square on friday and it was clear that's not the case. the demonstrators appeared to be as determined as ever and this time they're going after their current president. outrage, clashes, and anguish in tahrir. thousands of angry egyptians back in a public square that has become the arab world's emblem for the democratic right to protest. this was where egyptians demands the ouster of former president hosni mubarak last year. this time the fury aimed at current president mohammed morrissey. >> we're here because we don't want him to rule us anymore. >> one man wants to do everything and nothing at all of what we want. >> on thursday, the new islamist president made himself the most powerful man in egypt by announcing sweeping decrees he says are designed to push forward the drafting of egypt's new constitution and speed up the formation of a government that's still missing a parliament. >> one of his decrees bans anyone from overturning any of his declarations since he took offi
were tired or weary of protesting after two years of demonstrations, all you had to do was look at cairo's tahrir square on friday and it was clear that's not the case. the demonstrators appeared to be as determined as ever and this time they're going after their current president. outrage, clashes, and anguish in tahrir. thousands of angry egyptians back in a public square that has become the arab world's emblem for the democratic right to protest. this was where egyptians demands the ouster...
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powers this comes as clashes continue across the country between opponents and supporters of morsi cairo based journalist bell true as more clashes that have been going on for five days now protesters against the president in particular the president's declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives power as in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces. to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held bind the judges of the country against the regime because it. arrived at the supreme court they were actually attacked by groups of people identified as pro. missing brotherhood and pro president supporters really we're seeing continued clashes and key key marches and protests happening across cairo the opposition movement is actually getting it stronger every single day even though there are fewer numbers on there is actually tense going up because it's called the sit in for a week and they've also called for a mass protest on tuesday which the against this constitutional declaration made by the president as i mentioned on thursday which really
powers this comes as clashes continue across the country between opponents and supporters of morsi cairo based journalist bell true as more clashes that have been going on for five days now protesters against the president in particular the president's declaration which was issued on thursday which really gives power as in addition there were protests organized by opposition forces. to the supreme court of justice because a meeting was being held bind the judges of the country against the...
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at the negotiations in cairo israel agreed to stop bombing gaza and hamas promised not to fire rockets into israel however any tiny pretext to disturb the extremely fragile calm former russian ambassador to israel thought just take me says any truce is a temporary option the different bullets deadly has still it could be ended only if both sides make a fundamental move towards troops. who mistakenly work into the show thank you very much for being with us today. and my first question is about the current day the the today situation in the middle east both the i.d.f. and the and hamas would doing so which is from the from the gaza strip border but why do you think netanyahu didn't go for that because of the pressure because of the pressure from from the outside of why he might though that he meant that from the very beginning because the ground the duration story skee anyway. but i think in the new configuration the coming elections it's stories can because it's possible lawsuits from a dimension where you have really the coalition. and his party new called despite opposition inside the
at the negotiations in cairo israel agreed to stop bombing gaza and hamas promised not to fire rockets into israel however any tiny pretext to disturb the extremely fragile calm former russian ambassador to israel thought just take me says any truce is a temporary option the different bullets deadly has still it could be ended only if both sides make a fundamental move towards troops. who mistakenly work into the show thank you very much for being with us today. and my first question is about...
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in cairo, the crowds flooded back to tahrir square, where last year they celebrated the ousting of hosni mubarak. now they say the new president has become even more of the dictator with an edict saying the courts cannot challenge him. >> he is taking more power than mubarak. >> it was only days ago that the president was basking in the world and american approval as he helped mediate the gaza ceasefire. now washington has expressed its concern about the president's latest edict. the president came out to tell his supporters that he was only acting to defend the revolution. >> i feel you. i feel the heartbeat of the people and understand what the egyptian people want. >> for president morsi, this is a huge political gamble. his supporters love it, but has he overplayed his hand? >> we need him to take the power to the revolution, not to the mubarak system. >> the government has added fuel to a weeklong demonstration and violent confrontation. these protesters are angry that police who attacked previous protests have not been brought to justice. back in the square, the beginning of what c
in cairo, the crowds flooded back to tahrir square, where last year they celebrated the ousting of hosni mubarak. now they say the new president has become even more of the dictator with an edict saying the courts cannot challenge him. >> he is taking more power than mubarak. >> it was only days ago that the president was basking in the world and american approval as he helped mediate the gaza ceasefire. now washington has expressed its concern about the president's latest edict....
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let's go live now to cnn's reza sayah who joins us from cairo. one day morsi is a hero, having played a major role in brokering the cease-fire deal across the border between israel and hamas. then he's being called a dictator. so what gives? >> well, the decisions he's made domestically has made a lot of people angry. some of those angry people are still out here. it's 11:00 p.m. cairo time. the demstarts are still out there, not the big numbers that we saw on friday. just a few thousand of them in tahrir square. i'm going to carefully step aside and have our cameraman zoom in for a live look at what tahrir square looks like at this hour. we were just out there a short time ago. it's a remarkable scene. you see a variety of sites. there's about 30 tents out there, food stands, people picnicking, engaged in heated debates about politics and political figures. i would say some of the most politically active and engaged people in the middle east are in that square right now. that's the peaceful site. sometimes things get ugly. about 40 minutes ago,
let's go live now to cnn's reza sayah who joins us from cairo. one day morsi is a hero, having played a major role in brokering the cease-fire deal across the border between israel and hamas. then he's being called a dictator. so what gives? >> well, the decisions he's made domestically has made a lot of people angry. some of those angry people are still out here. it's 11:00 p.m. cairo time. the demstarts are still out there, not the big numbers that we saw on friday. just a few thousand...
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holly williams begins our coverage tonight in cairo. >> reporter: thousands of egyptians poured on to the streets, furious with the country's first democratically elected president. they accused mohamed morsi of behaving like a pharaoh, making a power grab by presidential decree. during the arab spring, egyptians came together on tahrir square to top it will country's long-time dictator hosni mubarak. today mr. morsi's critics clashed with his supporters while police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd. "he's saying that he's our god" said this protester. "he's made a mistake." and this woman said that after marching for freedom the country's ended up with a new dictator. in alexandria, an angry crowd stormed the offices at the muslim brotherhood from which president morsi draws his support. they ransacked the building and then set it on fire. from outside his presidential palace today, mr. morsi addressed the nation. he said the new measures are designed to cut through political gridlock. "it was allah's will that i became the president" he said "and we need to go forward with th
holly williams begins our coverage tonight in cairo. >> reporter: thousands of egyptians poured on to the streets, furious with the country's first democratically elected president. they accused mohamed morsi of behaving like a pharaoh, making a power grab by presidential decree. during the arab spring, egyptians came together on tahrir square to top it will country's long-time dictator hosni mubarak. today mr. morsi's critics clashed with his supporters while police fired tear gas...
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police used tear gas to disperse protesters in cairo. and an even earlier "black friday" shopping frenzy kicked off the retail season, with some stores opening their doors on thanksgiving evening. and online, we look at the psychology of those black friday sales. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: why is it so difficult to resist the deals? on "making sense," paul solman revives an interview. plus see snapshots of shoppers and retailers in a slideshow on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. ray. >> suarez: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. enjoy a safe rest of the holiday weekend. we thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and pe
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steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> john, at 2:00 in the morning here, we are still hearing some small explosions between the pro-he testers and those security forces, the numbers are down from late this afternoon. when it looked like 40 or 50,000 people were gathered on that square. there has been a real sense of fury, too, among the protesters on the street. these are people of different ages from different political background really united by one thing that they feel like their revolution that he fought for in the past year is in danger of being hijacked. one man their democratically elected president can now trying to put himself above the law and above the courts. what we have right now is a standoff. on the one hand the egyptian president saying he will will not back down from his decrees but that they are only temporary, only it until a new constitution is ready. we have the protesters now behind me setting up tense on the square. they say they are here to stay. john back to you. >> jon: steve harrigan. thank
steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> john, at 2:00 in the morning here, we are still hearing some small explosions between the pro-he testers and those security forces, the numbers are down from late this afternoon. when it looked like 40 or 50,000 people were gathered on that square. there has been a real sense of fury, too, among the protesters on the street. these are people of different ages from different political background really united by one thing that they feel...
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steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo, egypt. so, steve, how serious a challenge are the judges to morsi and his decree? >> heather, i think this move by the chief justices here in cairo and other judges across o challenge to president morsi, basically they're saying they will not go back to work, no prosecution is going on across much of the country until those decrees issued by the president, giving him power that can't be challenged by the courts, are overturned. keep in mind that others could follow the judges in this action, and already three aides to president morsi have resigned over his power grabbing decree, this could be the start of something bigger in the government, heather. >> and the number of protesters, they appear to be down in the square somewhat. is the protest beginning to fade? >> i think it's too early to talk about a fading protest. of course, numbers were huge on friday after friday prayers, upwards of 40,000 people in the square. down today, but there are major marches planned in the days ahead. sunday a
steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo, egypt. so, steve, how serious a challenge are the judges to morsi and his decree? >> heather, i think this move by the chief justices here in cairo and other judges across o challenge to president morsi, basically they're saying they will not go back to work, no prosecution is going on across much of the country until those decrees issued by the president, giving him power that can't be challenged by the courts, are overturned. keep in mind...
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today protesters clashed with morsy supporters and police if cairo. and egypt's highest judicial body called on morsy to stay out of all judicial matters. >>> life is returning to normal in gaza three days after hamas militants and israel agreed to stop fighting. children returned to school today. despite a shooting near the border yesterday that reportedly left one palestinian dead, the cease-fire is holding. the next phase of the truce, talks on potentially easing israel's blockade in gaza and opening border crossings. the hope is this cease-fire will hold. joining us right now is a man who knows the area quite well, edward dejarian is the former u.s. ambassador to both israel and syria. he helped establish the james baker institute for public policy at rice university in houston. ambassador, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so how confident are you about this truce thus far? >> so far, i think it's holding. and that's obviously a good sign. there have been minor violations. but the important thing is to build on this truce. in every crisis i
today protesters clashed with morsy supporters and police if cairo. and egypt's highest judicial body called on morsy to stay out of all judicial matters. >>> life is returning to normal in gaza three days after hamas militants and israel agreed to stop fighting. children returned to school today. despite a shooting near the border yesterday that reportedly left one palestinian dead, the cease-fire is holding. the next phase of the truce, talks on potentially easing israel's blockade...
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and steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo with the latest. where do the protests go from here? >> rick, the numbers are down today from what we saw on friday and we're likely to see more large scale protest demonstrations in the coming days, after sunday morning prayers and again on tuesday. what we're likely to see then are really competing margins, those who support the president, who feel like his moves are necessary, to break the log jam and to move the country forward and those who think that the president is trying to achieve a dictatorship. those who are trying to block him. so we're going to see more large scale protests and the other things to watch resignation is, three presidential aides have recently resigned in the past two hours and the judges are refusing, so if it continues to grow, this could put much more pressure on the egyptian president and we're looking at tahrir square and reminded when the crowds were protesti protesting hosni mubarak, who are they and how united are they? >> certainly a lot of similarities both with t
and steve harrigan is streaming live from cairo with the latest. where do the protests go from here? >> rick, the numbers are down today from what we saw on friday and we're likely to see more large scale protest demonstrations in the coming days, after sunday morning prayers and again on tuesday. what we're likely to see then are really competing margins, those who support the president, who feel like his moves are necessary, to break the log jam and to move the country forward and those...
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nbc's jim maceda is live for us in cairo. jim, good day to you there in cairo. what's going on this morning? >> hi there, alex. it's kind of a festive atmosphere down below me there on tahrir square. several hundred people chanting, marching, but the flag -- the tents are out. some of the stands are out. the tea man is out. it's a bit reminiscent of how it was almost now two years ago. and egyptians, you know, seem more divided than ever, alex. for many here their elected leaders -- or i should say the elected leader morsi himself has just driven a wedge deeper and even wider. at dawn there were more tents than protesters on tahrir square. ground zero for last year's uprising. but that didn't stop clashes with police on approach roads where protesters blocked traffic, defying president mohamed morsi's orders. after morsi declared sweeping powers for himself, leaving him above the law. "we are here because the goals of the revolution have yet to be achieved" said this protester. morsi told the supporters he had to take radical measures to protect the revolution.
nbc's jim maceda is live for us in cairo. jim, good day to you there in cairo. what's going on this morning? >> hi there, alex. it's kind of a festive atmosphere down below me there on tahrir square. several hundred people chanting, marching, but the flag -- the tents are out. some of the stands are out. the tea man is out. it's a bit reminiscent of how it was almost now two years ago. and egyptians, you know, seem more divided than ever, alex. for many here their elected leaders -- or i...
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holly williams is in cairo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well earlier this week president morsi brokered a truce between hamas and israel a truce that seems to be holding. after winning international praise for that he's now angered many egyptians who said he made a brazen power grab by removing all checks and balances on his rule. last year egyptians came together to oust their on time dictator hosni mubarak. but on thursday they threw stones and hurled insults at each other. liberal egyptians are furious and said president mohamed morsi is behaving like a pharaoh, ruling by decree. >> i'm upset. >> reporter: this woman told us she feared that president morsi could use his new powers to take away women's rights. she wants him removed from office. in alexandria angry crowds ransacked and set fire to the freedom and justice power the political arm of the muslim brotherhood for which president morsi draws his backing. when he addressed the nation yesterday the president said the new measures were aimed at members of the old regime who still o
holly williams is in cairo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well earlier this week president morsi brokered a truce between hamas and israel a truce that seems to be holding. after winning international praise for that he's now angered many egyptians who said he made a brazen power grab by removing all checks and balances on his rule. last year egyptians came together to oust their on time dictator hosni mubarak. but on thursday they threw stones and hurled insults...
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youtube video, same video that sparked violent protests around the world including outside the embassy in cairo. since the arab spring we have seen big changes in the volatile region. how will he handle foreign policy in the next four years? we asked our experts. >> i know it's a complicated issue, but is there a way to describe our current foreign policy? >> it's a very complex situation because we have a number of foreign policy problems. iran, syria. evolution of the arab spring and we have number of fundamental changes that is going on in the distribution of the economy and china, conditions in russia. there are a number of problems anew environment. we have not developed a coherent approach because in the first term you learn your job. that is the challenge that the administration is facing. >> people look to the united states for leadership. they look to us because we have for so long been in a position where we've been able because of our resources and military strength, because of our values, we've been able to keep the peace. we have been able to make sure that enemies feared us and ma
youtube video, same video that sparked violent protests around the world including outside the embassy in cairo. since the arab spring we have seen big changes in the volatile region. how will he handle foreign policy in the next four years? we asked our experts. >> i know it's a complicated issue, but is there a way to describe our current foreign policy? >> it's a very complex situation because we have a number of foreign policy problems. iran, syria. evolution of the arab spring...
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call os in cairo a year after the toppled dictator. will the president's power grab start a new wave of violence in the middle east. we have a live report from jerusalem in just moments. >> the president challenged congress to come after him on benghazi. and well, congress may be taking him up on that offer. >> it here is the deal i will make with the president. you come in her place and testify before congress and answer our questions. >> so should the president be the one to testify? governor mike huckabee weighing in on that next. >> and bargains, brawls and gunfire. americans go berserk on black friday. here is a victoria's secret store. if you look closely you will see alisyn camerota leading the charge. >> 50% off brawls. -- brass. >> i will show what this sale was that drove the ladies nuts coming up. >> dave just added that to his christmas list, too. "fox & friends" hours three starts right now. >> oh, i like that, dave our floor director said the ladies were just looking for a little support. >> alisyn: thank you. >> i like t
call os in cairo a year after the toppled dictator. will the president's power grab start a new wave of violence in the middle east. we have a live report from jerusalem in just moments. >> the president challenged congress to come after him on benghazi. and well, congress may be taking him up on that offer. >> it here is the deal i will make with the president. you come in her place and testify before congress and answer our questions. >> so should the president be the one to...
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you just showed that video of the protests there in cairo. we'll have to see where this goes. the great fear is that the muslim brotherhood, like other fascist organizations, will be one man, one vote, one time. and we've seen the muslim blo brotherhood move very swift tloi consolidate their power. >> the u.s. stood squarely behind israel throughout this conflict. does that quiet any critics who thought president obama was soft on israeli security? >> i think it absolutely should. what we saw even before the election here in the united states is that netanyahu has said time and again even in the face of critics that there has been no stronger ally to israel than the united states. the criticism kept comincoming, though. after this incident, i really do think the critics will be quieted. there's a lot of talk about how successful the iron dome program wus was. it deflected over 80% of the rockets that were fired into israel. president obama has committed more funding to iron dome. and i think that it really does cement the fact that this president and this administration has be
you just showed that video of the protests there in cairo. we'll have to see where this goes. the great fear is that the muslim brotherhood, like other fascist organizations, will be one man, one vote, one time. and we've seen the muslim blo brotherhood move very swift tloi consolidate their power. >> the u.s. stood squarely behind israel throughout this conflict. does that quiet any critics who thought president obama was soft on israeli security? >> i think it absolutely should....
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. >> the leader of hamas held his own press conference in cairo today, during which he said that while his side agrees to the cease-fire, his fighters have, quote, their hands on the trigger. in jerusalem, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also spoke about the cease-fire agreement. and his office put out a remarkable statement saying why israel was agreeing to it. look at this. "prime minister benjamin netanyahu this evening spoke with u.s. president barack obama and acceded to his recommendation to give the egyptian cease-fire proposal a chance." he acceded to what president obama wanted. in other words, this is the american's idea, not mine, but i'm going to go along with it, because they're advising me i ought. it's very specific language, highlighting how central the united states is in what's happening right now, but also sort of distancing israel from the cease-fire. making it our american cease-fire and not theirs. the most important thing tonight for people who are living in range of the rockets and the air strikes is that, of course, the cease-fire appears to be ho
. >> the leader of hamas held his own press conference in cairo today, during which he said that while his side agrees to the cease-fire, his fighters have, quote, their hands on the trigger. in jerusalem, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also spoke about the cease-fire agreement. and his office put out a remarkable statement saying why israel was agreeing to it. look at this. "prime minister benjamin netanyahu this evening spoke with u.s. president barack obama and...
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police fired tear gas near cairo's tahrir square, the heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled hosni mubarak. now thousands of demonstrators are calling for morsi to step down. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >>> a natural gas explosion destroyed two buildings in one of new england's largest steams of the the blast sent bricks and glass flying through downtown springfield, massachusetts, about 90 miles west of boston. the blast was so loud, it was heard for miles around. >> i jumped. i could feel the garbage cans move next to me. i could hear the windows shaking. automatically -- i knew where it came from, from this part of the city. >> firefighters were investigating a gas leak about 40 minutes before the explosion. some of the injured include firefighters and utility workers, but authorities say there were no fatalities. >>> well, a party train from southern california to las vegas is on the fast track to becoming reality. the las vegas railway express and union pacific railroad have agreed to start working on tracks for what they call the x train. it would make the roundtrip from
police fired tear gas near cairo's tahrir square, the heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled hosni mubarak. now thousands of demonstrators are calling for morsi to step down. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >>> a natural gas explosion destroyed two buildings in one of new england's largest steams of the the blast sent bricks and glass flying through downtown springfield, massachusetts, about 90 miles west of boston. the blast was so loud, it was heard for miles around....
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crowds protested at cairo's square, calling for president mohammed morsi. he says the courts cannot overrule his decisions, but protesters who helped overthrow the old regime led by mubarak warn egypt's new government hasn't chaingsd. >> this is a new era of dictatorship in egypt. this is not what the revolution was about. the revolution was about stripping the president from all of these unquestioned rights. >> morsi supporters say the move is temporary until a new constitution is implemented in a few months. they call it a necessary move to defeat holdovers from the mubarak regime. but opponents are now calling him a dictator. >>> iran is accusing the u.s. of trying to stir up trouble in the persian gulf. in letters to the u.n. secretary general and the security council, tehran claims american ships are carrying out, quote, illegal and provocative acts in the gulf and the sea of oman, ignoring radio warnings and flown into iran air space. so far, the white house has not commented about these allegations. >>> if congress and president obama do not avoid th
crowds protested at cairo's square, calling for president mohammed morsi. he says the courts cannot overrule his decisions, but protesters who helped overthrow the old regime led by mubarak warn egypt's new government hasn't chaingsd. >> this is a new era of dictatorship in egypt. this is not what the revolution was about. the revolution was about stripping the president from all of these unquestioned rights. >> morsi supporters say the move is temporary until a new constitution is...